Definition of "satyr" in Anglais

noun

1. (Greek mythology) A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.

2. (Roman mythology) Synonym of faun.

3. (by extension) A lecherous man.

4. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.

5. (obsolete) The orangutan.